The Empire of Middle Han is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Emperor Frankerzoline El Jissa De Nguyen with an iron fist, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, ubiquitous missile silos, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 4.719 billion Middle Hanians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Dranest. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 55.6%.

The all-consuming Middle Hanian economy, worth 660 trillion Dranoes a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Retail, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 139,981 Dranoes, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 416,828 per year while the poor average 36,833, a ratio of 11.3 to 1.

International collectors know that a grease-stain on a work of art probably means it's passed through Middle Han, breast milk lattes are the newest fad among hip urbanites, motorcycle riders are required to wear so much gear they've been nicknamed "Stay Pufts", and it's a hard-knock life for the orphans doing factory work for a pittance. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Middle Han's national animal is the Wolf, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is a major religion.

Middle Han is ranked 31,537^th in the world and 2,262^nd in Lazarus for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 212.47 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.